ssc2008-04 02.12.08 Astronomers Eye Ultra-Young, Bright Galaxy in Early UniverseNASA's Hubble and Spitzer space telescopes, with a boost from a natural "zoom lens," have uncovered what may be one o... read more |
ssc2008-03 02.11.08 Spitzer Catches Young Stars in Their Baby Blanket of DustNewborn stars peek out from beneath their natal blanket of dust in this dynamic image of the Rho Ophiuchi dark cloud ... read more |
ssc2008-02 01.15.08 NASA Unveils Cosmic Images Book in Braille for Blind ReadersAt a ceremony held today at the National Federation of the Blind, NASA unveiled a new book that brings majestic image... read more |
ssc2008-01 01.10.08 Even Thin Galaxies Can Grow Fat Black HolesNASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has detected plump black holes where least expected -- skinny galaxies. read more |
ssc2007-20 12.20.07 10,000 Earths' Worth of Fresh Dust Found Near Star ExplosionAstronomers have at last found definitive evidence that the universe's first dust -- the celestial stuff that seeded ... read more |
ssc2007-19 11.29.07 Embryonic Star Captured with Jets FlaringA developing star wrapped in a black cocoon of dust is seen sprouting giant jets in a new image from NASA's Spitzer S... read more |
ssc2007-18 11.20.07 Astronomers Say Moons Like Ours Are UncommonThe next time you take a moonlit stroll, or admire a full, bright-white moon looming in the night sky, you might coun... read more |
ssc2007-17 10.25.07 Missing Black Hole Report: Hundreds Found!Astronomers have unmasked hundreds of black holes hiding deep inside dusty galaxies billions of light-years away. read more |
ssc2007-16 10.09.07 Astronomers Find Dust in the Wind of Black HolesThe hit song that proclaimed, "All we are is dust in the wind," may have some cosmic truth to it. New findings from N... read more |
ssc2007-15 09.06.07 NASA Space Telescopes Find 'Lego-Block' Galaxies in Early UniverseNASA's Hubble and Spitzer Space Telescopes have joined forces to discover nine of the smallest, faintest, most compac... read more |
ssc2007-14 08.29.07 Water Vapor Seen 'Raining Down' on Young Star SystemNASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has detected enough water vapor to fill the oceans on Earth five times inside the coll... read more |
ssc2007-13 08.06.07 NASA's Spitzer Spies Monster Galaxy PileupFour galaxies are slamming into each other and kicking up billions of stars in one of the largest cosmic smash-ups ev... read more |
ssc2007-12 07.11.07 NASA's Spitzer Finds Water Vapor on Hot, Alien PlanetA scorching-hot gas planet beyond our solar system is steaming up with water vapor, according to new observations fro... read more |
ssc2007-11 05.30.07 NASA Space Telescope Gives Scientists Depth PerceptionAstronomers now have a new "eye" for determining the distance to certain mysterious bodies in and around our Milky Wa... read more |
ssc2007-10 05.28.07 Spitzer Nets Thousands of Galaxies in a Giant ClusterIn just a short amount of time, NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has bagged thousands of previously unknown dwarf galax... read more |
ssc2007-09 05.09.07 NASA Finds Extremely Hot Planet, Makes First Exoplanet Weather MapResearchers using NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope have learned what the weather is like on two distant, exotic worlds.... read more |
ssc2007-08 04.18.07 Astronomers Map Out Planetary Danger ZoneAstronomers have laid down the cosmic equivalent of yellow "caution" tape around super hot stars, marking the zones w... read more |
ssc2007-07 04.12.07 The Seven Sisters Pose for Spitzer -- and for You!The Seven Sisters, also known as the Pleiades, seem to float on a bed of feathers in a new infrared image from NASA's... read more |
ssc2007-06 04.10.07 Mystery Spiral Arms Explained?Using a quartet of space observatories, University of Maryland astronomers may have cracked a 45-year mystery surroun... read more |
ssc2007-05 03.29.07 NASA Telescope Finds Planets Thrive Around Stellar TwinsThe double sunset that Luke Skywalker gazed upon in the film Star Wars might not be a fantasy. read more |
ssc2007-04 02.21.07 NASA's Spitzer First To Crack Open Light of Faraway WorldsNASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has captured for the first time enough light from planets outside our solar system, kn... read more |
ssc2007-03 02.12.07 Comets Clash at Heart of Helix NebulaA bunch of rowdy comets are colliding and kicking up dust around a dead star, according to new observations from NASA... read more |
ssc2007-01 01.09.07 Famous Space Pillars Feel the Heat of Star's ExplosionThe three iconic space pillars photographed by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope in 1995 might have met their demise, acc... read more |
ssc2007-02 01.08.07 Gas Giants Form QuicklyGas-giant planets like Jupiter and Saturn form soon after their stars do, according to new research. read more |
ssc2006-22 12.18.06 NASA Telescope Picks Up Glow of Universe's First ObjectsNew observations from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope strongly suggest that infrared light detected in a prior study o... read more |
ssc2006-21 11.07.06 Spitzer and Hubble Create Colorful MasterpieceA new image from NASA's Spitzer and Hubble Space Telescopes looks more like an abstract painting than a cosmic snapsh... read more |
ssc2006-20 10.27.06 Snake on a Galactic Plane!Something scary appears to be slithering across the plane of our Milky Way galaxy in this new Halloween image from NA... read more |
ssc2006-19 10.26.06 NASA's Spitzer Peels Back Layers of Star's ExplosionAstronomers using NASA's infrared Spitzer Space Telescope have discovered that an exploded star, named Cassiopeia A, ... read more |
ssc2006-18 10.12.06 NASA's Spitzer Sees Day and Night on Exotic WorldNASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has made the first measurements of the day and night temperatures of a planet outside ... read more |
ssc2006-17 08.31.06 The Eternal Life of Stardust Portrayed in New NASA ImageA new image from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope is helping astronomers understand how stardust is recycled in galaxie... read more |
ssc2006-16 08.14.06 NASA's Spitzer Digs Up Troves of Possible Solar Systems in OrionAstronomers have long scrutinized the vast and layered clouds of the Orion nebula, an industrious star-making factory... read more |
ssc2006-15 07.24.06 Planet-Forming Disks Might Put the Brakes on StarsAstronomers using NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope have found evidence that dusty disks of planet-forming material tug ... read more |
ssc2006-14 06.05.06 Andromeda Adrift in Sea of Dust in New NASA ImageThe Andromeda galaxy, named for the mythological princess who almost fell prey to a sea monster, appears tranquil in ... read more |
ssc2006-13 05.10.06 Spitzer Telescope Sees Trail of Comet CrumbsNASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has snapped a picture of the bits and pieces making up Comet 73P/Schwassman-Wachmann 3... read more |
ssc2006-12 05.09.06 Spitzer Scientist To Give Prestigious Darwin LectureDr. Michael Werner, project scientist of NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope, has been selected to give the Royal Astronom... read more |
ssc2006-11 04.26.06 Galaxies Don Mask of Stars in New Spitzer ImageA pair of dancing galaxies appears dressed for a cosmic masquerade in a new image from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope. read more |
ssc2006-10 04.05.06 NASA's Spitzer Finds Hints of Planet Birth Around Dead StarNASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has uncovered new evidence that planets might rise up out of a dead star's ashes. read more |
ssc2006-09 03.16.06 Galaxy on Fire! NASA's Spitzer Reveals Stellar SmokeWhere there's smoke, there's fire -- even in outer space. A new infrared image from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope sh... read more |
ssc2006-08 03.02.06 A Shocking Surprise in Stephan's QuintetThis false-color composite image of the Stephan's Quintet galaxy cluster clearly shows one of the largest shock waves... read more |
ssc2006-07 02.21.06 NASA's Spitzer Makes Hot Alien World the Closest Directly DetectedFor Release: February 21, 2006 read more |
